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Coin: æ as
Museum number:
8-3970
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21080003970
Accession number:
Acc.50
Description:
Coin; AE; Aes grave; as; Roman. 11.45 grams. Condition: dark green patination. ca. 90-80 BC. Collected; Corsetto-Tarquinia, Italy. Obverse: Head of Janus, Reverse: TG(TE?), prow r.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Tarquinia, Lazio, Central Italy
Verbatim coll. place:
Corsseto. Tarquinia
Production place:
Rome (ancient city)
Culture or time period:
Late Roman Republic (242-49 BC)
Collector:
Alfred Emerson
Materials:
Bronze (metal)
Person depicted:
Janus (Roman diety)
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Coins (money)
Function:
7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers
Production date:
90-80 BC
Accession date:
November 12, 1902
Department:
Classical Mediterranean
Dimensions:
weight 11.45 grams and linear 27.5 millimeters
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